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Table 6 Average marginal effects for the health care provider choice models for infants (Age < 1 year), robust Z statistic in parentheses

From: Poverty and health care demand in Kenya

 

Dependent variable = health care provider

Variable

None

Non-modern

Modern

Poor

0.375

0.074

-0.449

 

(1.93)

(0.70)

(-2.10)

Rural

-0.027

0.029

-0.002

 

(-0.79)

(1.59)

(-0.05)

Male

0.027

0.029

-0.057

 

(0.87)

(1.79)

(-1.68)

Infant age

-0.007

-0.001

0.008

 

(-1.29)

(-0.52)

(1.44)

Household size

-0.0002

-0.002

0.003

 

(-0.03)

(-0.48)

(0.28)

Fever/Malaria

-0.003

-0.013

0.015

 

(-0.08)

(-0.71)

(0.42)

Flu

0.081

0.013

-0.095

 

(2.02)

(0.71)

(-2.20)

Headache

0.403

-0.564

0.161

 

(1.47)

(-6.18)

(0.54)

Distance to nearest health facility

-0.002

-0.002

0.002

 

(-0.17)

(-1.59)

(0.91)

No education- household head

-0.048

-0.003

0.051

 

(-1.22)

(-0.17)

(1.22)

Married-household head

-0.029

0.018

0.011

 

(-0.63)

(0.76)

(0.21)

Poor residuals

-0.203

-0.045

0.248

 

(-1.67)

(-0.70)

(1.87)

Number of observations

729

729

729